Examples of heterodoxy in a Sentence

Copernicus's theory that the earth revolved around the sun was arrant heterodoxy at a time when the earth was thought to be the center of the universe.

Recent Examples on the Web The third or worst scenario would be if Rome would for some reason fail to address this situation on time; the heterodoxy would consequently rashly spread within the Church. — Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021 Four months later, Wilson was ousted as CEO of Ascend, having already been stripped of his responsibilities as early as July, just one month after expressing his heterodoxy. — Madeline Fry Schultz, Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2020 The difference is that free speech and heterodoxy used to have allies in such venues as The New Yorker and the New York Times, where both political and artistic freedom now have so many enemies. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 6 Oct. 2019 McCain does not appear to have consciously intended his embrace of the campaign finance reform topic to be a major act of ideological heterodoxy. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 26 Aug. 2018 Kanye has long worked with songwriters — something that, because it’s perceived as heterodoxy, is rarely discussed openly. — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 25 June 2018 Pleasingly for this reviewer at least, that corner turns out to be the system of liberal-arts colleges that Mr. Scruton says are the key to maintaining a heterodoxy of ideas within civic society. — Richard Aldous, WSJ, 14 June 2018 In any event, the extent of Williams’s heterodoxy cannot be overstated. — Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 13 June 2018 But his heterodoxy on entitlements certainly helped at least somewhat, especially with older voters. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 11 Apr. 2018 See More

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